“The only way out for Sijena is the virtual world.” Professor Manuel Castiñeiras (Autonomous University of Barcelona) expresses a widespread opinion in the academic world: “When a work of art suffers irreversible damage —in the case of the Huesca monastery, due to the effect of the fire in 1936—, technology is the last resource to understand the original. At least, in the case of the non-specialized public.” A kind of miracle that allows the viewer to travel in time and observe, for example, how the Cathedral of Vitoria was built in the Middle Ages, sneaking between workers and cranes, with the only help of 3D glasses. Or with somewhat less immersive solutions.
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